H2O: Just Add A New Tail

A Second Chance

Lauren's POV

I heard a scream. It was a scream of agony. It was Will. "Was that Will?" Lewis asked frantically as he brushed the sand off of him.

"We gotta go see if he's alright!" I ordered. I held my hand over my tail. I finally found out a way to dry off quicker. I had to slowly freeze all of the water droplets off of my tail and my legs would appear. Once my legs appeared, Lewis and I raced to where we heard Will scream. As we were running, I couldn't help but think that something terrible just happened to Will. We finally made it to where Will was. When I saw him, I had to cover my mouth. A branch went through his stomach and he was coughing up blood. That's when his eyes fell upon me. They were glowing yellow.

Will's POV

"Hey...guys..." I whispered as more blood came out of my mouth.

"Will!" both Lewis and Lauren screamed as they raced to my side.

"Oh my god," Lewis gasped.

"As you guys can see..." I coughed. "I'm in...a bit of a pickle."

"We gotta get you off that branch!" Lewis said. He then placed his hands under me and attempted to lift me up.

"Aaaaaaagh!" I screamed in agony. Lewis immediately set me back down.

"What're we gonna do?" Lauren asked on the verge of tears.

"Go...get my mom," I said. "Maybe she...can help." Lauren nodded and dove straight into the ocean. As Lewis kept reassuring me that everything was gonna be okay, I began to feel myself slip away.

Rikki's POV

My head was killing me. Where was I? As I looked around, I saw that not only me, but the others too, were in the moon pool. Wait, where was Lauren? That's when I heard a scream come from the beach. It wasn't just anyone's scream. It was Will's scream. "Guys," I said. "What just happened?"

"I think we were moonstruck," Bella said as she rubbed her eyes.

"Did anyone just hear Will scream?" Cleo asked.

"Yeah," Emma nodded. "Let's go see if he's alright." We then swam to the beach. After we dragged ourselves ashore, I dried us off. We began to search the beach. It didn't take us long to find Lewis kneeling down on the sand next to Will. As we approached them, we finally saw what was wrong. Will had a branch sticking through his stomach. His blood was everywhere.

"Oh my god," Cleo breathed. "What happened?!" she asked frantically. When Lewis turned around and saw us, he leapt in fright.

"Please don't hurt me," he whimpered.

"Why would we do that?" Emma asked. "Did we get moonstruck?"

"Yeah..." Will said barely above a whisper.

"You threw me, Will, and Lauren out of the moon pool and we were falling through the sky," Lewis said. "Before we hit the ground, Will saved us. And then this happened," Lewis said sadly gesturing towards Will.

"We caused this?" Bella asked. She dropped to her knees. "Oh god," she cried.

"It's...alright..." Will whispered. "Lauren is...getting my mom now..." As that last sentence left Will's mouth, I realized that he was starting to fall in and out of consciousness. I dropped to his side.

"C'mon Will, I said. "Stay with us." I tried to stay positive, but the blood that layered the ground made me think otherwise.

Lauren's POV

I burst through Will's door. I saw his mom in the kitchen sitting anxiously at the table. She saw the look on my face. "What's wrong?" she asked. "Is everything alright?"